Combined gas heater and cook stove



C.E. C. EDEY COMBINED GAS HEATER AND. COOK STOVE May 29, 1928.

Filed May 15, 1927 v INVENTOR. Q15 6: 1

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Application filed Mayp13,

My inventionrelates to gas heaters or" the. conyectiontype' whereby a room or building maybe heated by convection rather than by heat radiation, said inventionrelating more,

particularly to a combined gas heater and tom of said, heater with air inlet passages,

said heater being also provided with one or more ovens andlaset ofvfir'e brickholding grate.bars.,.wl1icl1 are adapted to be heated bygas burners positionedtherebelow, an imp-ertorat-e closure for said casing providing a means, heated by. the heated fire brick, serving as a, stove top for cooking, a set of waruling; ovens being also providedfor keeping: the cooked food warm.

It isalso within the province of my in, vention to provide a novel form of heater with. an inner casing coacting with an outer casing to provide a. lower; flue connected with an inlet passage in, an outer casing whereby convection, currents may be set up. in said. heater. V The above and; further objects and; ad'vam tages ofmy invention., as hereinafter will more fully appear, I attai'nby the apparatus constructed as described, in the specilicaftion and. illustrated in the drawings accompanying the same and forming a part ot'my application.

1 Reference is had to the accompanying, drawings,- in which similar reference char-. acters denote similar parts. In thedrawinns,

Fig. 1 is a part sectional and part elevational view of one form ofmy invention,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the fire brick holding grate.

Fig. 3- is a fragmentary cross-sectional view taken on the line 33, l, and looking in the direction of the arrows, and

Fig. 4' is an alternative or modified form of my invention.

Describing myinvention more in detail, it is my purpose to provide a novel form of combined gas heater and cook stove adapted to heat a room or building, and at the same time be used as a cook stove, means being provided for the elimination of the 1927f. 1 Serial no. lea-p45,.

noxiousgases usually formed in gas. heaters, especially wherethere is, as is invariably the case, aflu ctujation of gas. pressure;

In the form of inventionidepicted Figs. 1 23, I provide a casing 2,,en cl0sedf at the front and re aigand' equipped, with animperforate top, 4, which top serves as a heated portion upon which. the. food is cooke d, aj pair of" warming; ovens 6, each provided with a' suitable closure 8 of any preferred form, to afford 'aconvenient means for keeping the, cooked food warm. said warming ovens being positioned on the back 10 and connected thereto in anypreierred way, a stack 12, if desired, being positioned be tween said ovens, which stack may lead to a chimney, although this is by no means necessary.

The casing 2 is provided with a bottom 14, which may beequipped with a portion 16 forposit ioning the casing above the floor" but this is by no means necessary,sinceth-e bottom 14 isalways. quite cool, the'cool air being admitted todthe' apparatus by the openings 18, which openings may. extend en'- tlrely across the sidesot the casing2. It is thi entering cool air, indicated by the arrows, that, in connection with the heated air, presently. to be more particularly re ferred'to, sets up the convection currents by which the room or building is heated. This is avery. valuable feature or my invention, for there is no heating by radiation, the casing'2, with the exception of the top. 4, upouwhich the cooking is done, being, at all times quite cool. The casing 2 is equipped with a central, partition 20, which partition extends the entire length ofthe casing below the top 4,, and, if desired, may be extended upwardly into the stack as shown in l As shown in Fig. 1', two compartments 22 and 24 are provided, defined by the walls 26, 28, 30 and 82, and-the walls ofthe casing the vertical walls 28' and 32wvith the partition 20' defining a pair of vertical convection fines 34- and 36, connected respectively to the lower 'fiues '38a'nd'40, to which] the cool air is admitted by the passages oropenings 18. In the compartment 22 is positioned the burner, designated generally by the nu-v meral 42, the compartmentg24 being also equipped with such'a burner. "Said burner comprises an inclined wall 44 and a horizontal wall 46, said horizontal wall 46 being provided With combustion supporting air passages or openings 48, the wallsof the 58. Both compartments 22 and 24 are pro vided with this structure. This burner construction is of conventional form and hence need not be more particularly described.

As seen in Fig. 1, the burner 42 and grate 58 are positioned in the compartment 24 at a lower level than those in the compartment 22, so as to provide a space for the bake oven 60, which oven is equippedwith side and top circulation lines 62, 64 and 66, so that said oven may be etficiently heated and at the same time assist in setting up convection currents in the apparatus. Itwill of course be understood that thecompartment 22 may be provided with an oven if desired.

The grate 58 is preferably made separate from the apparatus so that it may be removed from time to time for cleaning purposes or for repair, and comprises front and back plates 68 and'TO, connected by the horizontal elements 7 2 of any desired number, and with said elements are associated the curved cross pieces 74 having their end portions curved so as to form a supporting means for saidgrate on the ledges 76 associated with the casing 2 and the walls 28 and 32. A wire screen 7 8 01" suitable mesh may be positioned on the grate 58 tor.pre venting the fire brick 56 from falling through said grate. side of the casing 2 leading to the burners and grate may also be provided with a wire screen 80.

As will be clear, the flame from the jets 54 heats the fire brick 56, ample air circu-- iation being provided by the openings and 48. This prevents the formation of noxlous gases and also provldes for heating efficiency, as .will be understood. The heat from the fire brick heats the top 4 so that food may be cooked thereon. The oven is also thus heated, and the heat communicatcd to the stack 12, as well as that rising from the heated top 4 heats the warming ovens 6. The arrows indicate the path of the heated-and cool air currents, which, as explained, heat theroonl or building by convection and not radiation. i

In Fig. 4 I have shown aslight modification in which the casing 2' is provided with bottom and back fines 38 and 36, leading The openings at the emme to the stack 12, the fire brick 565 011 the grate 58, similar to the other form of my invention supplying the heat when heated by the burner 52 equipped with the jets 54. Both forms of my invention may be provided'with a gas regulating cock 0 of conventional construction. 5

While I have thus described my invention with great particularity, it will be clear that the same may be modified throughout a wide range. I accordingly do not propose to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and describedbut reserve the right in practice to make any and all bers, said flues opening through the casing below said chambers,an oven directly above one chamber, a cooking top above the other chamber and the oven, and fire holding grates in said chambers.

3. A heater comprising a casing, a cen-,

tral vertical dividing partition therein,

walls spaced from each side of said partition to iform flues and defining combustion chambers, said fiues opening through the casing below said chambers, an oven'directly above one chamber, a cooking top above the other chamber and the oven,'an'd gas burners in said chambers.

4. A heater comprising a casing, a central vertical dividing partition therein, walls spaced from each side of said partition to form fines and defining combustion chambers, said flues opening through the casing below said chambers, an oven directly above one chamber, a cooking top above the other chamber andv the oven, said tines being op n to the atmosphere, and warming ovens above the cooking top. V

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

CHARLES E. o. EDEY. 

